desk jobs

Living in Florida doesn't allow this in the summer months... after 1 minute out there I'd be a sweaty mess! hahaha I plan on doing this when it cools down, though. I see ladies do this daily.

Ha! Same here in Houston. I'd be a hot mess after even a 5 minute walk outside during the day.

It's been over 100 here for weeks and I still walk every day around 10 am (when it's only 80-85). I sweat, but I don't really care. We don't have the humidity that Florida does though. Short 20 minute walks a couple times a day help keep you moving. My last job was in Seattle where it rained a lot so I went up and down the 13 floors of stairs twice a day. Every little thing adds up. I've also been known to drop to the floor and do pushups (or do them against the desk if you don't want to get on the floor.) They wake you up quick! I also go to the gym on my 30 minute lunch break and again at 5:00.

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LOVE this thing. It's pretty portable too... i can carry it in one hand. I'm sad because mine broke.... ( long story, i brought it home to use while watching during breaks in a concert webcast... while watching the actual concert I didn't have it out of the way enough... I was dancing around, spun in circles, got dizzy, fell over it and knocked it super hard into my OTHER elliptical...a huge clunky thing, and it wound up messing up the one leg... ... tried to fix it to no avail, but it's pretty cheap to get a replacement...;)

I used it under my desk ( turning it backwards for some reason, helped my knees not hit my desk) and then as often as i could, would set up a box to put my keyboard on, and then would do my regular office work while pedaling away per my bodybug, i was burning anywhere from 7-9 cals per minute while on it...not bad for a machine! It also works your core when you are standing on it because you have to learn how to balance...since there are no arms to hold onto... i likes it better that way after awhile actually!

Actually considering selling the big clunky thing and getting one of these for home... it's a lot quieter and VERY compact.

I walk on my breaks, but that's about it. I leave my workout for home because we don't have showers at work to wash off the sweat!

I take what I call "creative loops" around my building (Houston here, too, so I don't dare go outside in work clothes for too long at a time :sick: ).

I take either my phone or pen/paper and walk around (my building actually has a loop and 6.5 times around = 1 mile) - it gives my brain a rest and my body a change of pace and sometimes I even have ideas to write down!

It's kind of like the "sudden cognitive inspiration" in the Shower Principle mentioned by Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock

BUMP

I sit all day and it sucks I get up to walk a patient to an exam room and then I sit back down...it's terrible!

I have little mini workouts. Todays I am doing:
10 push ups
20 mountain climber
20 mountain climber with twist
30 second plank
50 jumping jacks

I do my mini workouts at least 3 times a day, takes about 4 mintues. I do have my own office and everyone on my floor knows I am really into fitness so when they hear me jumping around it's not anything to be alarmed about

every time you go to the bathroom do some squats & on the spot jogging. Any movement is better than no movement.

lots of pushups and jogging up stairs. We even had a punching bag in our storage for a while.

I work in a small office, so there is not a lot of space for walking around. I try to get up every hour to do something. I also do squats in my office. I try to do 25 every two hours. By the end of the day I have done 100 squats. Every little bit counts.